Brewers World Series champs Christian Yelich, Brice Turang and manager Pat Murphy cameo on Saturday Night Live

By Vancouver Television Sports Desk

MILWAUKEE -- Christian Yelich and Brice Turang, members of the Milwaukee Brewers’ World Series-winning team, together with manager Pat Murphy, made a group cameo during Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.” The MLB announcement says the appearance took place during the show’s Weekend Update desk segment, with the World Series champs prompting recurring character Drunk Uncle to concede that “a team named for beermaking really did win the World Series.”

The MLB write-up also notes that the segment included a throwback to Yelich’s prior brush with the NBC sketch series during his playing time with the Miami Marlins, which the source frames as a connection back to an earlier SNL appearance.

According to the source, returning cast member Bobby Moynihan appeared as part of that throwback moment, asking, “Hey, wait a minute,” and then following up, “You’re Pete Davidson, right?” The material is presented as part of the SNL segment involving Yelich’s cameo.

MLB further places the appearance in Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center, identifying the setting as the same studio associated with Milwaukee Brewers appearances on past SNL episodes. The announcement ties the modern cameo to a longer history of Brewers involvement with the show at Rockefeller Center.

In particular, the source says it is not the first time a Milwaukee Brewer has appeared from Studio 8H. It adds that Brewers radio broadcaster Bob Uecker hosted episode two of season 10 on Oct. 13, 1984, a period when Uecker was known for Miller Lite ads and for his regular appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson.

The MLB announcement does not provide additional details about whether the Brewers’ SNL cameo affected any baseball operations or schedule items, but it does clearly establish that the World Series champions and their manager appeared together on SNL’s Weekend Update as a group feature.

For readers following the Brewers, the specific takeaway from the MLB-provided account is straightforward: Yelich and Turang, plus manager Pat Murphy, were included in a high-visibility national entertainment moment on Saturday Night Live, connected both to the team’s championship run and to Yelich’s earlier history with the show.